SOC 248Health, Illness, and Society

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Sociology

When it runs

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course discusses health, illness, and the distribution of disease in society. It introduces concepts such as social determinants of health, population health, and culturally competent care. The strength and the limitations of the Canadian health care system will be examined through a sociological lens.

Prerequisites

Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
- SOC101 - Introduction to Sociology (0.50)
- SOC101R - Introduction to Sociology (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	8185	34 / 90	MW 14:30–15:50

Reviewed on UW Flow

43% liked it43% easy67% useful

From 7 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

You need to read the textbook for this course -- basically everyone in the class failed the midterm bc we focussed on the class notes -- I didn't really find this information helpful and I dreaded going to class - but you have to because they take attendance for marks -- only take if you have to

Dec 2019 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this
The content was fine and easy to understand, and the TA was a very good teacher (not so much Ms. Dong, she was nice but not an engaging professor) but the mini essays were marked arbitrarily and pitted you against your classmates as the TA told us he was specifically marking along a standard deviation/bell curve. Completely unfair and I got some marks that were not justified to me whatsoever.

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Spring 2021

Jun 13, 2021 Pls advice or give suggestions to this confused incoming biomedical science freshman 0 points, 4 comments

u/rjln: “… 128, PHIL 226 (or any other introductory ethics course), PSYCH 101, PSYCH 261, SOC 101, SOC 248, SOC 249, STAT 202 The undergrad calendar for more information. …”

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Fall 2017

Oct 28, 2017 Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “… SOC 101 SOC 101R SOC 200 SOC 202 SOC 207R SOC 221 SOC 224R SOC 224W SOC 227 SOC 229 SOC 240 SOC 248 SOC 270 SOC 275 SOC 302 SOC 306 SOC 321W SOC 322 SOC 324 SOC 325 SOC 327 SOC 370 SOC 398R SOC 399R SOC 406 SOC 428 SOC 434 SOC 490R SOC 498 SOC 499A SOC 499B SOC 700 SOC 701 SOC …”